Duke from the chairmanship of BritishAmerican Tobacco Ca., Ld, in 1923, and upon the election of Sir Hugo Cunliffe-Owen, Bart, as chairman, Mr. Jeffress' was made first Vice-President, His duties on the London Board have always been particularly associated with the China interests, He was a man of exceptional ability, with a great and wa building up the business in the Orient. Mr. Jeffress, who came to China frequently on business trips, was a man of pleasing per-'y, and his many friends in both foreign and Chinese, greatly shocked to hear of his death. He leaves a widow and two sons,
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